Discussions By Condition: Skin conditions

thread-like things coming out of leg

my mom has a thread like thing coming out of her leg....it looked like a pin ****k hole on her leg with something coming out of it when she pulled it...it hurt bad and just kept coming out, you could see the skin move under neath it! WHAT IS IT!?!?!? we say a show on something like this we just cant remember what it is called PLEASE HELP!